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Taner Topal

Founder

Founder at Flower

Stadt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

FoundedFlower · YC

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About

Taner Topal is a founder of Flower, a federated learning framework used at major corporations and research institutions. He previously served as Head of Engineering and CTO at two startups, and holds a position as Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge.

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Founder at FlowerYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Taner went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Flower's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Taner can intro founders to Flower's investors below.

Co-founders at Flower

NLNic Lane
Nic LaneFounder
NLNicholas Lane

Experience

  1. Flower LabsCo-Founder & COOcurrent2023 — presentHamburg, Germany
  2. University of CambridgeVisiting Researchercurrent2020 — present
  3. Adap GmbHCo-Founder & COO2020 — 2022Hamburg, Germany
  4. XAINDirector Of Engineering2018 — 2019
  5. XAINSenior Solutions Architect2018Berlin Area, Germany
  6. log.os GmbH & Co. KGTechnical Advisor2018Berlin Area, Germany
  7. log.os GmbH & Co. KGCTO2015 — 2017Berlin
  8. mmpro. film- und medienproduktionLead Software Engineer2013 — 2015Berlin
  9. Thalia Buch & Medien GmbHSoftware Engineer2011 — 2013Berlin

Skills & more

Technical LeadershipBig Data1Scrum9Machine LearningKanban2Digital Publishing1Software Development1Agile Methodologies2Business Intelligence (BI)ScalabilityProject ManagementArchitecture1
+12 moreAmazon Web Services (AWS)JavaScriptNode.jsPythonSQLReactJIRAHTML5MySQLPostgreSQLHTMLCSS

Languages English · German · Turkish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Taner Topal?
Taner Topal is a founder of Flower, a federated learning framework used at major corporations and research institutions. He previously served as Head of Engineering and CTO at two startups, and holds a position as Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge.
Where does Taner Topal work?
Taner Topal is Founder of Flower.
What companies did Taner Topal found?
Taner Topal founded Flower.
Where did Taner Topal go to school?
Taner Topal studied at Y Combinator (Winter 2023 Batch); Technische Universität Berlin (Dropped out, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians).

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